The possibility of the US overthrowing the communist regime seems more plausible than ever, even more than during the Cold War. In Havana, a mixture of emotions hangs in the air, sometimes contradictory, but always permeated by the extreme precariousness of the present and anxiety about the future
The United Nations declared the imprisonment of dozens of political prisoners ‘illegal’ at its last session
At 33, with nearly 115,000 Instagram followers, he is the most talked-about Castro in Cuba today and one of the most potent symbols of the revolution’s decline
No one believes in the revolution anymore. The Díaz-Canel government does not inspire any affection or respect. The country produces almost nothing, and Trump has imposed new sanctions just when Cubans couldn’t imagine life getting any worse
Tired of waiting for a government that has turned its back on them, millions of people suffering from hunger, homelessness and a lack of medicine in Cuba are relying on solidarity to survive
The young girl, daughter of one of Cuba’s most well-known dissidents, is caught in a long and grueling legal process to seek asylum and remain with her mother in Texas
In the almost 60 years since the Cuban Revolution, never before have some 550,000 Cubans found themselves unable to legal status in a country that has traditionally welcomed them
Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism
Authorities paraded Fidel’s brother alongside the Vietnamese president during a recent visit to disprove rumors that the 93-year-old historic leader is dead
On the verge of turning 90, the Cuban economist analyzes with data why this is the worst crisis the island has ever faced and reflects on the apparent arrival of capitalism to the last communist bastion of the West
The dismissal of Alejandro Gil fuels speculation that the government is seeking scapegoats for drastic price hikes and stagnant reforms
Not only did I have to exile myself from Cuba, I also had to exile myself from its exile, because it is a totalitarian exile in its metaphysical dimension
With Cuba immersed in an economic and humanitarian crisis from which it cannot escape, the president — who succeeded Fidel and Raúl Castro — is attempting to get closer to the citizenry
The United States and Israel opposed, and Ukraine abstaining. Somalia, Venezuela and Moldova didn’t vote. The ‘yes’ vote was up from 185 last year and 184 in 2021, and it tied the 2019 vote of 187
The Cuban artist visited Palestine after almost three years of recreating, from a distance, places like Zaatari or Dadaab in watercolor
The award-winning Cuban journalist and author believes that the end of the dictatorship on the island “is already happening.” In a conversation with EL PAÍS, he laments the fact that leftist governments condemn the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan regimes, but don’t speak out against the dictatorship in his own country
The mass meeting at the Plaza de la Revolución will be replaced by small marches in the municipalities due to the critical situation of fuel shortages
In his new term, Díaz-Canel must deal with a severe recession prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, soaring inflation triggered by a series of financial policy decisions and strict sanctions imposed by the U.S.
